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How to hide YouTube comments. Because too many of them make you lose faith in humanity.

Around here, we’re all starting to wonder whether TV will continue to be relevant to our kids who are growing up in the age of online media. In fact, next to playing Minecraft, my tweens’ favorite way to spend their screen time is watching videos of their...

MLK Day resources for kids: Crash Course US History videos bring the civil rights movement to life

by Liz Gumbinner | Educational Apps For Kids

While my NYC school kids are home today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I know that sadly, it’s still not recognized nationally the way we recognize, say, the mythology of Columbus Day. (I’ll refrain from going off on that one.) In several southern...

Web Coolness: Awesome Facebook news, the Royals on Twitter, and some really scary Frozen apps for kids

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are a bunch of tech links we’ve enjoyed reading this week. We hope you like them as much as we did. We know a few kids who would love this DIY Minecraft rainbow loom bracelet. NYC parents: Mark you calendar for a free afternoon at the National Museum of...

Web coolness: Hot tech for parents from CES, scary new Instagram trend, and inbox zero trick that really works

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

We rounded up some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. One of our first CES 2015 picks is an awesome new family phone that lets you ditch your landline. Stay tuned for more! Speaking of CES: So many...

The 2014 Simpsons holiday intro: This time, with more Olaf

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment

Every year for a looong time now I’ve looked forward to the annual Simpsons holiday intro that takes seasonal themes and runs with them, hilariously. This year’s sequence does not disappoint–a Christmas (or Hanukkah?) miracle in itself considering...

Web Coolness: Caption editing on Instagram (finally!), new YouTube Music, and good Facebook Privacy news.

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Is this cookie keyboard too pretty to eat? Depends how long we’ve been working. Important info for parents: Instagram is much more than a photo-sharing...

14 of the best (this means fun!) YouTube videos for kids

by Nicole Blades | Entertainment

The thing about YouTube is, it can go from super fun to totally overwhelming–not to mention disturbing–on a dime. Sometimes when I’m watching my 5-year-old son watch his YouTube videos on my old iPad, all I can do is hope that we don’t land on...

Web Coolness: How to teach math with LEGO, Instagram video ads are here, and the scary Apple Pay shutout.

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. We’re not sure what we love more about this dad: the geeky DIY Halloween costume or that he’s wearing the baby in a Bjorn. This new Honda...

Web Coolness: The best kid-friendly Minecraft YouTube channels, cool Halloween photo tips, and why people are ditching Uber

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Congrats to the winners of the 2014 Innovation by Design awards, including the Reebok Checklight we featured that helps keeps kids safer on the sports field. (via Swiss Miss) For those of you with little Minecraft fans: 10 of the best kid-friendly Minecraft channels...

Web Coolness: Emoji we want to see, thoughts on social media, and divorce selfies

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Have you ever found yourself wishing for the perfect emoji? Check out this fun fun list of emoji that we would love to see. Hello Kitty isn’t a...

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